The Nightingale of India, Shreya Ghoshal was born on 12th March 1984. She is considered as one of the best singing talents of Bollywood. At the age of 4, she started learning music, mainly Bengali songs, from her first Guru her mother. She gave her first stage performance at their club's annual function. At the age of 6, she started getting formal training in Hindustani Classical Music.
- She also sings in other languages like Telugu, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, and Tamil.
- She lived at Rawatbhata for thirteen years and completed her schooling up to 8th grade at the Atomic Energy Central School. Later, when her family relocated to Mumbai, she studied at the Atomic Energy Central School in Anushakti Nagar. She joined the Atomic Energy Junior College to study science. However, since the field held little appeal for her, she withdrew from the junior college and enrolled at the SIES College at Sion in Mumbai, where she took up arts with English as her major.
- She received training in playback singing from Padmashree Late Kalyanji Bhai at a later stage. After shifting to Mumbai she continued her training in Classical Hindustani Music with Late Mukta Bhideji.
- In 1995 She won the All India Light Vocal Music Competition, New Delhi, organised by Sangam Kala Group, in a Light Vocal group in sub-junior level. Eminent judges Kalyanji-Anandji and Pt.Rajan & Sajan Mishra judged her at various stages.
- Her first TV performance was on a program called “Awaz Nayi Andaz Wohi” in EL TV, which was her first experience in studio recording. Though she rose to fame after Sa Re Ga Ma, from where she got her ticket to Bollywood!
- Shreya caught the attention of Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother when she participated in the SaReGaMa show. Bhansali's mother was watching the show and during Shreya's performance, she called Sanjay to watch the performance of the girl. After watching Shreya's performance, Bhansali made up his mind that he would select the girl for his next project. According to him, Shreya's voice had the innocence needed for the character of Paro in Devdas.
- In 2013, Shreya was awarded the highest honour in London by the selected members of Parliament in House of Commons. It is probably the highest honour bestowed to any singer hailing from India. Later on, the Governor of The United States of Ohio, Mr Ted Strickland, declared the 26th day of June as ‘Shreya Ghoshal Day.’ All her fans celebrated the first ‘Shreya Ghoshal Day’ by uploading their favourite songs sung by Shreya, on a micro-blogging site.
- Shreya Ghoshal has received numerous awards and nominations including four National Film Awards for best playback singer, three State Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards, and seven Filmfare Awards South. Shreya Ghoshal has established herself as a leading female playback singer in Indian cinema.
- Shreya is the only singer to get four national awards at the age of 26 in Bollywood. She has won 4 National Film Awards, 6 Filmfare Awards, 8 Filmfare South Awards, 7 IIFA Awards, 4 Guild Awards, 3 Mirchi Music Awards, 6 Screen Awards, 7 Zee Cine Awards and much more.
- Shreya Ghoshal gets hitched on 5 February 2015 in a hush-hush ceremony with her long-time boyfriend, Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya. She has been dating Shiladitya for a long time now.
- The blink theory is a theory which says we judge the right answer within a first few seconds or within “a blink of an eye”. Shreya seems to have made all the right decisions with this theory.
- Shreya is strict in selecting songs, she doesn’t select songs which have vulgar and double meanings.
Shreya has won a huge fan following and a million hearts, with her melodious and harmonious voice. Bollypedia wishes the newlyweds a happy married life and we hope she continues to mesmerise us with more of her tender songs.
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